I Discovered America chords by Graham Parker

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse 1:
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There was smoke up to my eyeballs
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Poison burned my throat
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But I said I'd keep on going
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When everyone said don't
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With my bony-chested t-shirt
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Some stolen guitar licks
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Navigating by dead reckoning
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In 1976
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And when the mighty chains of darkness
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Had me on the ropes
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Everyone said quit now
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That's when I found hope.

Chorus:
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So please don't tell Columbus
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Don't tell his queen for sure
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That I had the accurate compass
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And I discovered America
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Yeah I discovered America

Verse 2:
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Well the guy in the five and dime store
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Said it ain't anywhere around here
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Take your business elsewhere
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Along with your mad idea
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So I looked inside your closet
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And your broken tv set
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You said that you were born here
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But you hadn't found it yet

Chorus:
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So please don't tell Columbus
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Don't tell his queen for sure
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That I had the accurate compass
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And I discovered America
E minorEm  C majorC    D MajorD   G+G
Yeah I discovered America

Verse 3:
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Well I knew one day she'd let me in
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I knew I'd get the girl
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And live in a town called Veteran
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Pork capitol of the world

Chorus:
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So please don't tell Columbus
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Don't tell his queen for sure
E minorEm  C majorC          G+G
That I had the accurate compass
E minorEm  C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
And I discovered America

Hamonica Break
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm  C majorC   G+G
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G
E minorEm C majorC D MajorD G+G

Verse 4:
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Well they've dammed the Yangtse River
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There'll be hell to pay
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But I guess that's what you do
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When the Yangtse River gets in your way

Verse 5:
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But I had that positive feeling
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I knew I was on the right track
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When a flat earth society member
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Told me I must turn back
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He said I’d reach the abyss
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And keep on going down
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So I gave him my last pencil
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And I flattened him to the ground
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Then an army of Christian soldiers
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Broke through the ranks and charged
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With their ice cream vendor buddies
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And their milquetoast rearguard
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They had wheelbarrows full of elastic
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And paper mache hearts
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And things I did not recognize
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Impaled upon their darts
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And when the mighty chains of darkness
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Had me on the ropes
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Everyone said quit now
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That's when I found hope
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Yeah that's when I found hope

Chorus:
E minorEm   C majorC         G+G
So please don't tell Columbus
E minorEm  C majorC        G+G
Don't tell his queen for sure
E minorEm  C majorC             G+G
That I had the accurate compass
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And I discovered America
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So please don't tell Columbus
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Don't tell his queen for sure
E minorEm  C majorC             G+G
That I had the accurate compass
E minorEm  C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
And I discovered America
E minorEm  C majorC     D MajorD   G+G
Yeah I discovered America
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Yeah I discovered America
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Yeah I discovered America